EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed rising Mexican actress and singer Melissa Barrera, co-lead in Starz Original series Vida, for representation in all areas. Barrera, who was until recently with UTA, stars as Lyn in the well-received woke Latinx comedy Vida, which was recently renewed for a third season. On the film side, she…

Lin-Manuel Miranda on Twitter announced additional cast members for the feature adaptation of his Tony-winning musical In The Heights from Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu. Joining Corey Hawkins, who was previously announced as Benny and Anthony Ramos, who plays Usnavi, is singer/songwriter Leslie Grace as Nina…

Vida stars Melissa Barrera and Mishel Prada were surprised at the fan reaction they received during Season 1 of their Starz Latinx drama series. And as the GLAAD Award-winning series gets ready to drop all 10 episodes of its sophomore season come May 23, the pair and series creator Tanya Saracho teased audiences about…

“What is Lyn looking for,” a TV critic at TCA wondered of Melissa Barrera’s character in Starz’s Vida Season 2 “You get to see her trying hard to be useful and have a purpose now that the sisters have decided to stay and get this bar back up from the ashes and running,” Barrera said. “She is trying hard to make…

Starz’s new Latinx drama Vida has been getting tons of buzz since its release. So much so that the cabler has decided to make the premiere episode available to everyone. Starz announced today that the first episode will be available on Starz.com, the Starz YouTube channel, the Vida Facebook page as well as the popular…

The forthcoming Starz drama Vida continues the evolving landscape of television when it comes to inclusive stories. Showrunner Tanya Saracho was joined on stage at Contenders by the show’s stars Melissa Barrera, Mishel Prada, Ser Anzoategui, and Chelsea Rendon to talk about a queer narrative that puts East L.A. in a…

New show Vida intends to plant inclusivity firmly on the map at Starz. Its EP Tanya Saracho said at TCA on Friday: "I always was missing that female brown queer perspective, and I think in Vida we have that. A lot of things I wanted to touch on and deal with, I get to do here." The show follows Mexican-American…

Starz has given a series order to Vida (fka Pour Vida), a Mexican-American sisters drama set to star Veronica Osorio (Hail, Caesar!, The Carmichael Show) and Melissa Barrera (Club de Cuervos, La Mujer de Judas). Vida was one of three projects based on Spanish-language formats and stories from Hispanic creators…